foresleeven.
/ˈfɔːsliːv/ a. The fore part of a sleeve.
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foresleeve1377
mahoitre1792
sleeve-cap1964
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 81 Of a freres frokke were the forsleues.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxxxiij Ruffed sleues with foresleues pendant.
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poke1402
foresleeve1538
long sleeve1538
lumbard1542
puller out1543
maunch1550
hand sleeve1585
French sleeve1592
poke sleeve1592
puff1601
trunk sleeve1603
stock-sleeve1611
hoop-sleeve1614
puff sleevec1632
short sleeve1639
hanging sleeve1659
engageants1690
jockey-sleeve1692
pudding-sleeve1704
Amadis1814
gigot1824
leg of mutton1824
bishop sleeve1829
mutton-leg sleeve1830
balloon sleeve1837
gigot-sleeve1837
bag-sleeve1844
pagoda sleeve1850
mameluke sleeve1853
angel sleeve1859
elbow-sleeve1875
sling-sleeve1888
sleevelet1889
pagoda1890
bell-sleeve1892
kimono sleeve1919–20
dolman1934
1538 T. Elyot Dict. Cubitale, a forsleue of a garmente, whiche keuereth the arme from the elbowe downwarde.
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under-sleeve1547
foresleeve1649
wrapper1792
oversleeve1857
sleevelet1889
mitten1899
1649 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 221 I give to my sister Fuller my..paire of foresleeues.
d. That part of a dress-sleeve which covers the fore-arm.
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c1523 Inv. Goods Dame Hungerford in Archaeologia (1860) 38 372 Item, a doblet of blake satten, the forsleves and the plagarde of tyncell.
1892 Daily News 29 July 3/3 A collar, sash, and foresleeves to match carried out the scheme of colour.
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